Erica Johnstone

I had a hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue from my uterus in August 2021. Dr. Johnstone couldn’t get me to sleep and couldn’t get me numb yet. She continue to operate on me while I was strapped down and crying in pain. After the surgery, my bladder stopped working. I was in so much pain I couldn’t sit down. She basically told me to get over it because this is a part of womanhood. I ended up seeking guidance from a different Doctor Who referred me to a urologist that found my pelvis was hypertonic as a result of the barbaric surgery. I did a year of Pelvic Floor PT, and a year and a half of trauma therapy and I am still in pain three years later. We had to give up on trying to have children, because our course is excruciating.

Run. She will do nothing but gaslight you and ruin your life.

Hormones, shots, surgery

we spent over $8000, and that was before even talking about IVF.

Dr. Johnstone takes as much time as is needed to answer all of your questions. She is sympathetic and has a great bedside manner. I do wish we would’ve exhausted all possible options to attempt to diagnose my unexplained infertility, but I understand the limitations due to insurance and clinic guidelines and recommendations. She is very knowledgeable and is aware of all published research and updates in infertility, and is happy to discuss them with you.

Even if you don’t see Dr. Johnstone at every appointment, know she is constantly reviewing your chart and notes and messages. If you need to reach her, she is available.

The overall strategy was to try clomid and IUI for a few cycles. This resulted in one chemical pregnancy. We moved to letrozole with GonalF after issues with thin lining due to clomid. This change resulted in a single intrauterine pregnancy, which resulted in miscarriage at week 11 due to trisomy 18. We had a hysteroscopy and then 3 more medicated IUI cycles with letrozole and gonalF, all of which failed. We are moving to IVF next.

IUI are $360 Ultrasound for monitoring IUI are $230 (cash) PLUS a $50 office visit fee (new in May 2019) Consult with Dr. Johnstone around $200 depending on length and if it’s a follow up visit. Moving to IVF this cycle. Estimated costs of retrieval and embryology, PLUS embryo biopsy is $10, 830 Not including meds ($4-8,000) Frozen embryo transfer is $2,720, does not include meds ($600-800)

I did not have an embryo transfer.

I only spent 5% of my experience with Dr. Johnstone who was fine, but 90% of the experience was with the overall staff and it was frustrating and chaotic. There was little way to communicate with Dr. Johnstone herself via direct email or phone, nearly everything is routed through nurses and staff who struggled to provide competent service.

I wouldn't recommend using her facility, especially for egg freezing. Go somewhere else.

I froze my eggs at this facility with another doctor who is not there anymore. I saw that they had the latest technology, but when I completed my cycle they only got a handful of eggs and the doctor who happened to be on call to perform the retrieval that day (it's a random doctor, not the same one you see for appts) said that I should come back and do it again "because they didn't use the protocol he would have recommended" and that I was one of the first egg freezing patients they had ever had. That would have been good to know before handing them $10k. He basically admitted that they hadn't used the best protocol for egg freezing, and insinuated that they used one better suited for fresh transfer IVF, which is the majority of their business. Later, I used the frozen eggs to do an IVF ;cycle with Dr. Johnstone.

I paid $10k out of pocket for egg freezing and retrieval. Insurance covered later IVF and I paid about $2,500 out of pocket. I paid about $500/year for frozen egg storage.

We would highly recommend Dr. Johnstone. She is very kind and informative. She explained all of our options and then fully supported us in the treatment we chose. She is softspoken and helpful if you have any questions. She is very knowledgeable. I appreciated working with her. I felt comfortable and confident in her care. At one point, during our procedures, the clinic made the rule that the physician who was on duty that day would be the one to see you, instead of your particular doctor. I didn't like that time because I had to work with a couple of other doctors doing different parts of my procedure. I didn't like any of them half as well as doctor Johnstone, and I even had a negative experience with one of the other doctors. I am so glad that for the next time we tried the IVF Dr. Johnstone was able to make it so she was there for our procedures. Overall, I would highly recommend Dr. Johnstone.

Don't be afraid of the unknowns of the process. Feel totally free to ask any question to Dr. Johnstone. She always took all of our questions seriously and was happy to explain anything in terms we could understand.

I can't remember particular drug names, but we had the shots to prep me for egg retrieval. My husband had surgery to get his sperm out, so we only had so many sperm to work with. So on the last cycle we tried, Dr. Johnstone suggested we do 2 egg retrievals, since I was averaging one egg per retrieval, before we combined with the sperm, so we could have the greatest chance of success. I think that was called the Shanghai protocal.

If i remember correctly the IVF was around $12,000 and the meds around 6-8,000

Dr. Johnstone was nice and she gave me lots of information. As previously stated, I did feel a little dismissed. I know that doctors see this kind of thing every day but it's a new experience for me, and a little extra understanding would have gone a long way with me. That being said, Dr. Johnstone went above and beyond to make me feel informed and prepared. She was confident, which instilled trust, and she walked me through several potential scenarios. I felt like she took a good amount of time with me.

Go in ready to answer a lot of hard questions. It's necessary. But it's good to mentally prepare before you walk in the door.

Dr. Johnstone recommended testing for me and my spouse as well as a sonohysterogram. My husband, under the direction of Dr. Johnstone, did two rounds of male fertility testing with another doctor in the clinic. My tests came back normal and we were told to pursue treatment with a male fertility specialist.

Under my insurance, I paid $40 a visit and $150 for procedures. I know they have a billing office with payment plans though.

I have other underlying conditions and every time she has checked with me other doctors in relation to the protocol she wanted to pursue. She is great at giving the facts when it came to IVF. When she didn’t know, she would say so. After both of my miscarriages, she was so kind while I cried in her office. I feel like if I ever sent a message in with a concern, I was responded to usually within 12 hours either from her or one of the nurses. They are easy to get a hold of and to get an appointment with once you are a patient. They would allow me to come in extra early for labs or ultrasounds during IVF so I could make it to school to teach.

Don’t be afraid to ask her questions. I was never made to feel stupid when I asked about research I had read and wanted to know her thoughts. She will always have facts and data to back her up.

We did a few IUIs with Clomid and Femara. We then moved to Gonal-F and then to IVF. I was on Menopur, Gonal-F and a trigger shot for our retrieval. I did have some OHSS. For our next retrieval, we will start with a lower initial dose of Gonal-F to hopefully have less eggs but higher quality and also hope to prevent OHSS.

IUIs were 300-340 each. We had to have a hospital retrieval which was an extra cost. IVF without meds were $18,000.

With my other conditions, single embryo transfer is my only option.

We only saw Dr. Johnstone during our initial consultation but I felt the nurses overseeing our ultrasounds & procedures consulted her every step of the way. Dr. Johnstone agreed that we would regroup and meet again if our 3rd IUI was not successful. During our consultation, she made me feel like my age wasn't a deterring factor and she couldn't see anything that would prevent us from having a baby. I don't like things to be sugar-coated and she gave us hope that felt grounded in reality. Realistic hope is so, so valuable.

Come prepared with questions. And if you have an opinion about your treatment plan, communicate that because Dr. Johnstone is very open. At first, she suggested an unmedicated IUI, but I voiced that my periods have been irregular so I'd like to do a medicated cycle--without hesitation, Dr. Johnstone agreed. Other doctors would have made me feel uneducated for suggesting something other than their initial plan. This made me feel like Dr. Johnstone and I are on a team, working together rather than just relying on her.

I had an IUI with donor sperm, Letrozole (to promote egg growth) and Ovidrel (to trigger ovulation.) The first IUI was unsuccessful so we are going to try two more rounds then consider IVF. (Hopefully we won't have to do IVF since I have no idea how we'll be able to afford it!)

Initial consultation fee, initial blood work, 2 ultrasounds, andrology preparation fee, IUI

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You mostly see nurses at UCRM, and only see Erica Johnstone when you're discussing next steps in a new plan. She is very knowledgeable. She knew I had PCOS within 5 minutes of talking with me, whereas other OBGYN's and another fertility doctor never even brought it up as an option. I'm so grateful to her for knowing what has been wrong with me this whole time!

Be prepared to see nurses more than her. Which is fine! :)

We first started out with 2.5mg of letrozole, ovidrel shot after day 11 ultrasound. This is timed ovulation - my follicles weren't producing good enough eggs, so they increased my dosage to 5mg of letrozole. Then I was producing a good egg follicle. Once we did this for 4 months, we started IUI with the exact same procedure as above. I'm in my 2WW to see if my second IUI has worked or not.

360 for IUI's, 380ish for ultrasounds.

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working with dr. Johnstone has been amazing. She has been so helpful in taking extra time for my husband and I when we asked lots of questions. Each time in our doctor appointments we always feel like we're able to ask all of our questions and not feel rushed or that we need to speed up our appointment time. She takes the extra time to answer things in a way that also helps us understand all of the medical terminology and things that are being discussed such as on the test report. she is very educated which allows us to feel very confident when she is answering our questions we've never have felt like we needed a second opinion or anything working with her.

one piece of advice I would give New perspective patience is to not be afraid to ask questions. Oftentimes we have heard many other infertility patients and friends of ours Express how they didn't feel like they got all of their questions answered or they felt like they didn't fully understand what dr. Stone that is not the case. She is very soft-spoken but she is very educated and is able to explain things on a much easier level. Especially with medical terminology sometimes it can be overwhelming to try to understand everything she is able to communicate very clearly what is going on and what things mean.

So we started our infertility journey a few years ago with Dr Johnstone. We were able to start taking clomid and seeing how my body responded to it. after doing our first IUI and it wasn't a success we were able to sit down with Dr Johnstone and sit and talk with her about how my body responded and what things we can do different than next time. We were able to increase the dose of clomid. Before continuing though into the next IUI she wanted to make sure that my uterus and ovaries and Fallopian tubes all were working properly so she requested I get an MRI. It really was a blessing to have gotten the MRI because we were able to see that I do not have both of my ovaries. My kidney is in my right pelvic area resulting in only having one ovary. By only having one ovary it also causes your uterus to be half of the size. Having this information allowed us to be very cautious of when we were doing IUI making sure I was ovulating on my left ovary. having had this information had us feel more comfortable and confident and going into IUI procedures. We have done five IU eyes none resulted in a pregnancy we are now in the process of working with dr. Johnstone in beginning IVF in January.

working with the financial department with the infertility clinic has been very easy and smooth. Especially when dealing with finances it's always nerve-wracking to try and figure everything out. The staff in the finance department has made it very easy as well as very helpful to have the open communication with them on the different cost of infertility. Because our insurance does not cover most of the things that are taking place they have been very open and upfront with all of the costs so that we can plan for that.

Because I only have one ovary it is highly recommended to only do a single embryo transfer. Doing multiple embryo transfer transfer can result in a miscarriage of either one or both of the embryos. With this information both my husband and I will only be doing single embryo transfer each time in the IVF.

Dr Johnstone truly cares about her patients. She makes you feel like you are the only one that matters. She explains everything with great detail and makes sure you Understand before you leave. She gives options, let’s you be a part of the decisions, and treats you like you are her only patient.

Wait to see Dr Johnstone! We did and are so grateful that we did. She’s amazing!!

Not only did she explain the statistics and studies of everything we did, she explained what she personally has seen and would even tell us pros and cons of each procedure. She never left us in the dark of not knowing what to expect.

My insurance covered a lot of the doctor appointments which was nice. All of the ultrasounds, IUIs, medications, HSG test, and a few others were not covered and we had to pay out of pocket.

She did explain the pros and cons of this to us. We were wanting to transfer 2 embryos but after hearing the research and studies we are okay with just transferring 1 when it comes time. She explained this in detail to us and we appreciate that.

She is fair, blunt, and informative. She can come across as slightly scripted sometimes, which rubs some the wrong way, but she diverts from the script as needed. I have requested some unique accommodations, and she has done everything she can in that respect without making me feel stupid. I've never felt rushed or like I'm asking stupid questions. She is brilliant, which is a little intimidating. I do wish she'd try to get to know me as a person a little bit more.

Come armed with questions, knowing she will answer them but might not think to initiate that train of thought.

For our one IUI, I took femara for a few days and tested for ovulation at home. When positive, I scheduled the procedure for the next day and had a nurse do the IUI. For the egg retrieval, I took 112.5 IU gonal-F and one vial of menopur each day for 10 days. The dosages were conservative because my amh is 7.4 and there were concerns about OHSS. I started cetrotide on day 6 and took it for five days. I triggered with a hybrid lupron and hcg. Egg retrieval resulted in 20 eggs. Of those, 15 were mature and 14 fertilized through ICSI. Four made it to freeze on day 6. I did not receive good a good explanation about the extreme dropoff or slowness to reach blast. Three were rated good/fair and one poor. Our doctor did not recommend testing on the embryos, primarily because of the cost (about $4,000). FET #1 started with birth control pills. After two weeks, I added 10 IU lupron. I stopped BCP a week later and decreased lupron to 5 IU after 10 days. Also on that day, I added 1 mg estrace twice a day. A week later, I increased estrace to 2 mg, three times a day. On week four of lupron, we did a lining check ultrasound. It was over 10 mm and trilaminar. Two days later, I stopped lupron, decreased retrace back to 1 mg 2x daily and started 100 ml of progesterone in oil. Five days later, we transferred one embryo. It did not thaw well and was rated poor at the time of transfer. I was given one lupron dose day of transfer. I stayed on the same estrace and PIO protocol for 10 days, until we had a negative beta. FET #2 had the exact same protocol with drugs and the same problem with the thaw. Our doctor still recommended transferring it and said she sees a lot of babies come from poorly rated embryos. She said she doesn't put as much stock into ratings as other doctors and added that the rating at the time of freeze is more critical than at the time of transfer. I'm now 8 days past transfer and testing negative at home. Our doctor did recommend transferring our two remaining embryos at the same time in our next attempt. She'll probably also provide the option of an endometrial scratch but didn't sound super confident about the research around it.

It was efficient and fast. I always got in fast and was never kept waiting in the room. I wish the time window was longer. (It was 7-9 a.m. and I live 90 minutes away.)

IUI was $500. IVF egg retrieval freeze-all was $9750 with ICSI Meds for egg retrieval were about $4000 FET is $2720 Meds for FET were $400

She seems to operate by what the research says is best for my age.

Erica is great at providing all the information and being forthcoming with both the good news and that bad, but does so in a way that is kind and gentle. She remains up to date on the recent breakthroughs and studies going on and in turn provides that information to her patients. Working with Erica always feels like you're working with a team and you are included in the decisions in your health care.

Do not be afraid to ask her questions or have her clarify information. She is not someone that will ever feel like less of a person because you do not fully understand what is going on.

My endometriosis was first treated to help reduce inflammation and to reduce the toxic environment that was created as a result. First a laparoscopy was performed to remove extensive endometriomas that had formed. Then I was provided with 3 months of depot lupron injections to reduce the size of the other endometriomas that could not be removed. We then moved on an IVF cycle using a moderate level of dosing of injectables for this procedure. I did respond well and 9 eggs were retrieved and all fertilized. 2 embryos were implanted, though none others survived to freezing. This resulted in the live birth of a singleton. The dosing for medication was based on my age and AMH testing.

There is often little wait for these appointments and things are moved through efficiently and effectively. Monitoring or ultrasound appointments are scheduled during certain parts of the day, but they usually have a few times available to try and accommodate your schedule.

The IVF cycle had a flat fee of $8900, which included things like assisted hatching, egg retrieval, ultrasounds, etc. Medications were obtained through a separate pharmacy, but because we were able to meet with Dr. Johnstone in a hospital setting, we did receive a small reduction in cost. Medications cost about $3500. We have also completed IUIs with Dr. Johnstone and these cost a flat rate of $360.

Doctor Johnstone always responded promply to emails. She responded within 24 hours as advertised, but usually lots sooner. I had some bleeding early on with my first pregnancy Dr. Johnstone adjusted her schedule and got me in that morning and checked me out personally. Dr. Johnstone is a wonderful doctor and has spoiled me for other doctors. I have gone to other doctors expecting the same care and it just doesn't happen. There are few doctors as good as doctor Johnstone. I always felt like she really cared.

Go in prepared to ask questions. Doctor Johnstone will take the time to answer your questions. If you just feel clueless that is ok too. Doctor Johnstone explains things very clearly and does all that she can to make sure you understand your options and what is going on.

We started out trying IUI with clomid. My AMH levels were good so we tried this first. I responded well to clomid so we tried IUI's 3 times all resulted in negative pregnancy tests. We went on vacation and just did a clomid round that month with was also negative. The next two months we did IUI's with clomid and a couple of days of injectable medication follow by a trigger shots. Both months ended with negative pregnancy tests. A few months later I started IVF with a lupron down regulating prior to start IVF fertility meds. Also my AMH levels came back poor which resulted in me using high levels of fertility meds. When I went to my lining check most of my folicals had disappeared depite the high levels of fertility meds. That cycle was canceled and I just went in for another IUI. That cycle resulted in another negative pregnancy test. We did another IVF round this time Dr. Johns didn't have me use lupron. The cycle was much more natural, but I still used very high levels of fertility meds. They were able to retrieve 11 eggs, 10 of which fertilized, but only one made it to be a day 5 embryo. The one embryo was transferred, but still resulted in a negative pregnancy test. Following this we looked into adoption and also embryo donation. We went to another state and tried two rounds of donor embryos under another doctors care. Dr. Johnstone helped us out with all of the testing and lining checks before each frozen embryo transfer with the other doctors in another state. Doctor Johnstone was still very supportive while we worked with another doctor. One donor embryo cycle was negative and the next one ended up being a chemical pregnancy. Following that we returned to Doctor Johnstone to do IVF with donor eggs. We qualified for a guarantee program and decided to participate in it. Our first donor cycle ended before the transfer date. None of the embryos made it. We chose a second donor who backed out a few days before we started medication. We made it to our transfer date with our third donor. We had 6 five day embryos on the transfer date. We decided to transfer 2 embryos which resulted in our twins. We were able to freeze the other 4 embryos. Recently we we t back for a frozen embryo cycle which resulted in positive pregnancy tests. Right now I am taking meds and waiting for my viability scan when I reach 7 weeks pregnant. We are excited and hoping for the best. We are so greatful for all of doctor Johnstones help and support though out this journey.

IUI $1,400 IVF about $9,000 IVF meds $1,500 - $5,000 Frozen embryo transfer $2,720 IVF with egg donor about $20,000

Our doctor encouraged us to only transfer one embryo when we used donor eggs. We got a little anxious once we had to choose a third egg donor and chose to transfer 2 embryos instead of the recommended 1. It was a very difficult pregnancy and doctor Johnstone was right to suggest only transferring one embryo. However, they were supportive when we chose to transfer 2.

Dr. Johnstone has been amazing. I was so frustrated when I first went to see her because it felt like we had been trying to get pregnant on our own forever. She met with us to create a plan and explained what to expect during our journey. She was very matter-of-fact, but also sensitive to how we were feeling about each step. Infertility is a scary journey, but I felt very comfortable in her care.

The doctor will provide options for your journey, but you will need to be prepared to make decisions on how aggressive you want to be.

Dr. Johnstone first suggested surgery to fix my bicornuate uterus. She thought that this may have been a cause of our infertility, especially if there wasn't sufficient blood flow to the top of the uterus. I have always ovulated on my own and never had problems with my cycle, but she prescribed Clomid to increase the number of eggs that would be released, in hopes that this would increase the chance that one would be fertilized. Since we wanted to be more aggressive, she coupled this with IUI. My side effects from the Clomid were not ideal, so she switched me to Letrazole. Unfortunately, no one of the IUIs worked, but she gave me all of the options possible to maximize my chances of getting pregnant.

My insurance was not accepted by the UofU, so we had to pay for surgery ($1,000), IUIs ($400 x 3), etc., out of pocket. Fertility treatments are usually not covered anyway, so this was not hugely different than if we went somewhere else.

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Erica was fantastic. she had this soft manner in her work and in her voice that made me always feel so calm and at ease. Infertility is a stressful time as it is and with her manner and her genuine care i felt like i was in the best hands.

I would say that even though you do not see erica every appointment know that she has the worlds best nurses and you are in great hands.

first cycle was a plan for an IUI. she prescribed me provera to induce my period. After provera and on the 2nd day of my cycle i went in for an ultrasound and also to start Famera 3 pills a day for 5 days. After 5 days i went back for an ultra sound. At this ultrasound i had 3 non mature eggs so i was then prescribed Gonal F (37.5ml) for 3 days. After 3 days i went back in for an ultrasound and found that i had 1 egg that was mature at 22 mm and the rest fell behind and stopped growing. At this point i was to do the trigger shot that night and then 36 hours later i had an IUI with fresh sperm. After this i had progesterone for 14 days and after that i took a pregnancy test which was negative. Cycle 2 we did the exact same protocol, after day 3 of my Gonal F injections we saw on the ultrasound that i made 7 mature eggs resulting in a cancelled cycle and restrain from sex. Cycle 3- we decided to only try Famera this round, i took 3 pills a day for 5 days and then on day 10 i went in for an ultrasound showing that i had 3 eggs that were not mature yet, erica decided to let me coast. I went in three days later and found that 3 eggs were mature. We waited one extra day and then did the trigger shot and again 36 hours later did an IUI with frozen sperm due to my husband being out of the country. After 14 days we got a negative pregnancy test.

my insurance has not covered much but we paid about 250 each doctor visit and with medication and IUI, Sperm sample, freezing, ultrasounds. We ended up paying about 3,000 each cycle and we have done 3

Dr. Erica Johnstone took the time to help me fully understand the risks of both IUI and IVF after successful removal and repair of removing the septum in my uterus. I was afraid to do IVF and she came in and sat down with me. She explained pros and cons of both procedures. Skee put my fear at ease by helping me understand both procedures. I decided to try IUI once more time #7. But, it didn't work. She kept in constant contact through mychart and by phone.

She seems abrupt at first but she is really a kind and caring doctor. She is really brilliant and patient. Don't be afraid or embarrassed to ask any questions. She's more than willing to help you feel at ease and comfortable.

My experience with dr Johnstone was great. Although I did only see her a couple times, it did not bother me one but because she has the worlds best nurses. I felt as though dr Johnstone cared as much as I did about getting pregnant and her compassion and her soft manner helped me relax. Although we still have not gotten pregnant like we hoped I still feel as though I am getting the correct treatment and I trust my doctor and nurses completely.

Just knowing that you won’t see dr Johnstone as much as I though it really didn’t matter. She had amazing nurses who take care of you just as much as dr Johnstone would.

I am currently living in the Philippines and we tried every way possible to get pregnant here including 3 iui’s. It didn’t work. So we have traveled back to Utah 3 times to do iui’s. Our first cycle we did provera for 7 days to induce period, ultrasound on day 3 of my period. We then started letrozole (famera) for 5 days 3 pills a day. Then on day 5 of letrozol I went in for another ultrasound. This scan showed I had 3 not mature eggs I think about 10mm so she decided to do gonal f for 3 days 37 units a day. I then went back after 3 days and saw that 1 egg had made it for 24mm. That night we did the trigger shot, waited 36 hours and did an iui with fresh sperm. This resulted in a negative pregnancy test. Our second iui in Utah was done the exact same way, same medicine same ultrasounds but when I got to my ultrasound 3 days after taking gonal f they say I had 6 mature eggs and dr Johnstone believed we should cancel that cycle. Our third iui she decided to just do letrozol. So I did 5 days of letrozol 3 pills a day and then come back in on day 10 for an ultrasound. This ultrasound showed that I had 3 follicles growing. We decided to just let coast and come back two days later. This ultrasound showed that 2 eggs were 20 mm and the third one was 15mm with the past showing I haven’t had any luck they decided to wait two days to do the trigger shot in hopes that all three eggs would be viable. I was also aware of all the risks. I then did the trigger shot and then 36 hours later we did an iui with frozen sperm due to my husband being out of the country. This also resulted in a negative pregnancy test.

I have had great insurance but I have had to pay for almost all visits and medications. Each visit should be about $328 but with insurance comes out to be 180 or so. Then each shot was about $70 except trigger shot which was $120. In all with three iui’s I would think we have spent about $7-8,000

Dr. Johnstone is a caring and knowledgeable doctor. At times I felt she was much too busy to attend to all her patients and I feel like our care suffered because of it. I do feel like she had our best interests in mind though and wanted to be the least aggressive to save us money and lower the risk of overstimulating me with too much medication. I wish she was available more to answer questions and dictate changes to our treatment plan.

I feel Dr. Johnstone is a caring and highly educated Dr. If she has time for you as a new patient, I would recommend her.

My diagnosis is annovulatory PCOS, so Dr. Johnstones goal was to get me to ovulate. In the beginning we tried three cycles with just Femara and I never ovulated despite developing mature follicles. Then we moved to femara plus a trigger shot to force ovulation combined with timed intercourse. I was able to get pregnant through this method, but I miscarried. Since it was my second miscarriage, we did testing on the fetus and myself, but everything came back normal. After the miscarriage, I retained tissue so we had to perform a sonohysterogram and then a hysteroscopy to remove the tissue and see if any problems inside my uterus could be causing my miscarriages. When I started the femara again after the miscarriage, my body didn't respond. So we had to double the days I took the meds, 10 days instead of 5. We continued with the trigger shot and timed intercourse but moved to IUI after that was unsuccessful twice. We never did injectables because she was afraid I would over respond even to a low dose and we would be forced to cancel an IUI because of the risk of multiples.

IUI cost $360 just for the procedure. Each follicle monitoring ultrasound was $230. Each trigger shot was $40. Appointments to meet with Dr. Johnstone were $265. The hysteroscopy was covered by insurance but would have been $460 if it hadn't been.

She never made me feel like I was a worthless case. She explained to me that my age is a factor, but there were atleast 10 things I could try before I had a hysterectomy. She was compassionate when things didn't work and made sure that I knew that I wasn't a lost cause. I never felt like my needs or concerns were pushed aside and she took time to listen to all of my questions and concerns.

Go see her! She is amazing!

Started Letrozole 2.5 mg and then made an ultrasound appointment. Start taking the Ovulation predictor tests ever day and have intercourse the day it turns positive and the following 2 days. Also took norethindrone and increased the amount of letrozole to 7.5 mg.

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She was a great doctor. She went over the egg count, maternal age, embryo quality and explained our possibilities. I really felt like she was there to help us conceive and would do everything she could to make that happen.

This doctor is really smart. She's going to do all she can to help you have a baby. Listen to her and follow the plan she outlines exactly.

During the egg retrieval, I had lots of shots. Some of the medicines had to be mixed. I took them at the same time each day. I had gonal-f, HGH, Lupron, and a few other medicines. After the egg retrieval, we transferred in 2 fresh day 5 embryos. We had 2 lower quality ones to freeze. Both eggs took and one split. We successfully had triplets. We went to Dr. Johnstone for our second transfer of frozen embryos. We put in 2 lower quality embryos and hoped for the best. After the transfer I also had shots each day of progesterone. I also had some pills to take each day. I had an alarm set and would take the medicine at the same time each day. Same with the shots.

Fresh cycle with ICSI was about $12,500. Meds for fresh cycle (I was worst case scenario) were around $8000. Frozen transfer with all meds and needed tests cost about $5000

Give my age and the quality of the embryos, she reccommended we put 2 in. We had the option of 1, but given our situation, we had a better chance of a pregnancy with 2 embryos. We were given the statistics each time.

She was very kind and appeared concerned. However she failed to check my tubes and continued treatments that ideally would never work. We wasted money to be told ultimately IVF was our only choice. After spending 5k we could have put toward IVF on treatments that were a waste.

Ask for all diagnostic testing and verify fallopian tubes are open. do semen analysis prior with another facility prior so you have a baseline to compare. Honestly felt they were only after money and not my best interest.

First we tried several rounds of femara with timed intercourse, followed by an ultrasound to check my ovaries (guessing, wasn't explained) and then a medicated IUI. We had several semen analysis and then told we needed an ivf consult because my husbands numbers.

Was "discounted" according to facility but we paid cash each time we went in as our health insurance didn't cover costs. Our new clinic is considerably cheaper.

Dr. Johnstone is an excellent listener. She is very calm, reassuring and understanding. She explains the treatments well. She is always willing to discuss your concerns. I had done a lot of research after my first IVF and she was willing to try new things to make sure we were successful.

Ask plenty of questions!

I am not sure of the name of the protocol. I was on birth control, then lupron, then stims for both cycles. I feel my ovaries were oversupressed my second cycle as I had a very good AMH, but had a hard time getting the eggs to grow and my estrogen to rise. HGH was added to my second cycle due to my age (35 at the time).

The cost of the IVF cycle was around $10,000 for everything done at the clinic. The consultation and saline ultrasound were covered by insurance. The medications cost around $4000 the first time and $5200 the second time.

I had 2 embryos transferred my first cycle per the dr’s suggestion. That resulted in a singleton pregnancy. There was only one viable embryo for the second transfer, which also resulted in a successful Singleton pregnancy.

She was a good doctor. Nice enough, but not overly warm or sympathetic. I didn’t see her often as part of the IUI process. Usually a resident or nurse for most visits. She did a good job explaining things when she talked to me.

Be confident she knows her stuff.

Used Clomid with IUI. It was pretty straightforward and it worked.

Can’t remember exactly, but it was all listed online. My insurance covered ultrasounds.

She seemed very calm and sure. The only thing that I could complain about was her ice cold hands and her "limp-fish" handshake. Haha, but other than that she was kind and happy and gave us great confidence in her and the clinic.

If you choose to see Dr. Johnstown, you will be in good hands...cold hands, but good hands. ;) She will take good care of you. Be optimistic and hopeful, it's all worth it!

I started with a birth control cycle, I think that it lasted a couple months, then we began the hormones to prepare my uterus for a frozen transfer. After a couple ultrasounds, things looked really good and we transferred our last embryos. The embryos we're not of the great quality, so we transferred all 3. Knowing that perhaps a couple might not make it. We were thrilled when we found out we were pregnant!! After 10 days we got to see the tiny embryo and knew that one had made it! I saw my regular obgyn after that at 8 weeks and at 13 weeks. At my 18 week check up we were saddened to discover no heartbeat and a loss of the baby. :( possibly an umbilical accident or an embryo problem. It was heartbreaking. I let Dr. Johnstown know and she was so kind. I felt better after reading her emails.

Appointments just to visit my Dr were about 450.00 frozen transfer cycle costs came to about $5000.00 total. Most if that is for the medications.

She was so good to let us decide. She gave us all the information and left it up to us. I love that she didn't pressure us in any way.

She was very knowledgeable but also very straight forward with me about the risks and what next steps were. She was friendly and made sure we felt welcome as a LGBTQ couple. She made sure we were aquatinted with all the staff so if she was not around we would know who we might be working with.

She is very capable and competent but infertility is a hard road even when you’re doing everything g you can. She will do all she can but that does not equal a guarantee it will work.

It’s been 3 years since my last treatment I don’t remember them well

Medication was separate but they were able to help direct us to places that might be more affordable, the IVF cycle was around $9,200 and it included most everything although they were additional things you could add on which cost more

We talked about it but I only ended up with 1 so we did not have a choice or option for more than 1